Provides a synthetic comparative analysis of the dominant influence of American Sociology on the sociologies of India and Canada. It examines the positivism/humanism controversy and the roles of sociologists, and argues for the development of a global sociology. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1988-1989.
Dan A. Chekki is Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg.
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